title: Does direct MR galactography have the potential to become an alternative diagnostic tool in patients with pathological nipple discharge?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare direct magnetic resonance galactography (dMRG) and conventional galactography (CGal).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty women underwent CGal and dMRG. Duct localization and the depth of the assumed underlying pathology in CGal and dMRG were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comparing CGal and dMRG, there was no significant difference regarding sector localization, but for depth of pathology (P=.023).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Duct localization with dMRG was possible with the same reliability as with CGal. Thus, dMRG may have the potential to become an alternative method to CGal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wenkel
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Janka
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uder
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doellinger
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Melzer
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz-Wendtland
authors.forename: Siegfried A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schwab
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity